Tell HN: Eid Mubarak

Post by pedaret » Fri, Apr 21, 2023, 10:07 AM UTC

Post by hazn » Fri, Apr 21, 2023, 10:15 AM UTC

jimmyed wrote: post #7

Fasting is a great idea, but most of the Muslim friends I have eat through out the night after breaking the fast at sunset. I don't think that is very healthy.

Post by hqudsi » Fri, Apr 21, 2023, 12:22 PM UTC

yousifa wrote: post #6

I will add, the fasting from food and water is the easy part. The more important fast is fasting from everything that is bad -- cursing, backbiting, lying, etc -- and from your own desires. All these things are things you shouldn't do anyway, but this is a time to refresh commitment to not doing those things. As the Quran says: "Oh, you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before yo…

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Apr 21, 2023, 12:47 PM UTC

Post by jorts » Fri, Apr 21, 2023, 2:31 PM UTC

amriksohata wrote: post #18

jimmyed wrote: post #7

Fasting is a great idea, but most of the Muslim friends I have eat through out the night after breaking the fast at sunset. I don't think that is very healthy.

Its not particularly healthy, though many ancient cultures prior to Islam have used fasting as part of a way to cleansing of the gut. The relevance to the moon is also from Pagan cultures